12 Dec IT COMES Another poem for your enjoyment IT COMES it comes born far away where no one sees it comes the gentle rise and fall silent patient it grows feelings rise inside him excitement fear now all see it it rises to strike should he challenge it or slink away? too late he has no choice arms strain his board rises and falls standing racing flying the biggest wave of his life adrenaline rush
Another poem for your enjoyment IT COMES it comes born far away where no one sees it comes the gentle rise and fall silent patient it grows feelings rise inside him excitement fear now all see it it rises to strike should he challenge it or slink away? too late he has no choice arms strain his board rises and falls standing racing flying the biggest wave of his life adrenaline rush
04 Nov STORM dark skies rolling clouds hiding the light of stars rains bite white sails strain and flap buried in waves fighting for air men scramble along jumping timber decks cracking crashing screaming the storm has won I was distracted from writing my novel and put this on the paper instead
dark skies rolling clouds hiding the light of stars rains bite white sails strain and flap buried in waves fighting for air men scramble along jumping timber decks cracking crashing screaming the storm has won I was distracted from writing my novel and put this on the paper instead
01 Nov Christmas is coming The lights are coming together again for Christmas. The backdrop is almost complete, the lights will soon be coming out of storage for testing and erection, (anti-vandal cameras are operating), snow machines are tested and Santa has promised to come and see the show. (The photo is from last year)
The lights are coming together again for Christmas. The backdrop is almost complete, the lights will soon be coming out of storage for testing and erection, (anti-vandal cameras are operating), snow machines are tested and Santa has promised to come and see the show. (The photo is from last year)
26 Oct I am an orchidholic I admit it - I am an orchidholic. I inherited my first orchids (shown) and the passion has grown though it is only a hobby. But I find that I cannot go past a display without stopping and each time I see something new I am tempted to buy it. I now have my little orchid house and am thinking of where I can put more of these beautiful plants. I'm addicted but I am enjoying the addiction.
I admit it - I am an orchidholic. I inherited my first orchids (shown) and the passion has grown though it is only a hobby. But I find that I cannot go past a display without stopping and each time I see something new I am tempted to buy it. I now have my little orchid house and am thinking of where I can put more of these beautiful plants. I'm addicted but I am enjoying the addiction.
18 Oct Finding the trilogy One question I am often asked is, "Where do you get your ideas?". My joking answer is that they come from my warped mind and maybe there is some truth in that but I get my ideas from all about me whether it is watching someone at their daily routine or from events or history. When I first sat down to write this story it was meant to be the typical battle of humans and auchs (orcs) but my intention was to write the auch's side of the tale because they always lose and history is written by the
One question I am often asked is, "Where do you get your ideas?". My joking answer is that they come from my warped mind and maybe there is some truth in that but I get my ideas from all about me whether it is watching someone at their daily routine or from events or history. When I first sat down to write this story it was meant to be the typical battle of humans and auchs (orcs) but my intention was to write the auch's side of the tale because they always lose and history is written by the
02 Jul THE AUCHS Early in The Society series Camille and the reader meet Aiyu, an auch. These are the characters That were originally to be the heart of my tale but I found my story to be taking on a different character. For a long time he did not have a name but proved himself to be a compassionate and caring man, it was simply that I could not find the name to fit him. I was writing for Camille at the time and said to her, “We can’t keep calling him Hey You,” to which she replied, “Why not?” Aiyu was named.
Early in The Society series Camille and the reader meet Aiyu, an auch. These are the characters That were originally to be the heart of my tale but I found my story to be taking on a different character. For a long time he did not have a name but proved himself to be a compassionate and caring man, it was simply that I could not find the name to fit him. I was writing for Camille at the time and said to her, “We can’t keep calling him Hey You,” to which she replied, “Why not?” Aiyu was named.
18 Jun ORTALIA Playing only a minor role in my story is the Empire of Ortalia and while its role may be small the Empress Nakime is influential in the outcome of the tale. Ortalia rests on a peninsula at the far south-west of Greche, where Xavier was born. Over time it has developed its own unique culture because it has been isolated from Greche for centuries by the great stone wall, a tall construction that spans from coast to coast with only one gate through which no one travels. No one goes in and no one
Playing only a minor role in my story is the Empire of Ortalia and while its role may be small the Empress Nakime is influential in the outcome of the tale. Ortalia rests on a peninsula at the far south-west of Greche, where Xavier was born. Over time it has developed its own unique culture because it has been isolated from Greche for centuries by the great stone wall, a tall construction that spans from coast to coast with only one gate through which no one travels. No one goes in and no one
13 Jun Xavier One of the key characters of The Society series is Xavier, but who is he? Xavier was born and knew his early life in the mining town of Redhill in northern Greche. As a boy he craved attention and got it, the wrong kind. Life in Redhill was all about the mines, the place where Xavier's father worked until the day of the accident. A rockfall killed three men that day and Xavier's father wished he was the fourth. Instead he was left with severe injuries making working in the mines no longer
One of the key characters of The Society series is Xavier, but who is he? Xavier was born and knew his early life in the mining town of Redhill in northern Greche. As a boy he craved attention and got it, the wrong kind. Life in Redhill was all about the mines, the place where Xavier's father worked until the day of the accident. A rockfall killed three men that day and Xavier's father wished he was the fourth. Instead he was left with severe injuries making working in the mines no longer
